Company Attributes

Production Team Member (Current Employee), Hamilton, ON – April 16, 2014

Pros: bonus, lunches, company discount

Cons: miscomunication between management

- Always busy, never the same thing- Learned a great deal about how a company is managed, non profit organizations and what donations can do to help the environment.- Co-workers are like an extended family.

A typical day at work would consist of hanging up to 1700 items of clothing. I learned a lot about clothing and identifying real labels versus knock off brands. I was unsatisfied with the performance of my management. Safety issues were unadressed and employees unsupervised. Expectations were also unclear until after the fact. This position was stressful. The hardest part of the job was the work load and no assistance.

Cons: management is chaotic to work with, expectations set too high, very dirty; very physically demanding, overall stressful

Decent flexible hours that worked out well, but very physically demanding and hard to meet expectations that are set very high. Great coworkers, learned to use a few heavy machinery, but management in the back are beyond stubborn to work with (i.e going against company protocol, lying, employee targeting) and the job is beyond dirty and health hazardous. Take this job at own risk.

typical day have to meet quotasLearned different brands and collectiblesManagement is goodLoved some of my co-workers they had great personalitiesHardest part is meeting quotas some daysMost enjoyable is the co-workers

Typical day at work: Cashier and general recovery for the majority of the day - Picking up + hanging clothing items, completing transactions, Keeping fitting rooms organized, items shelved etc. Sometimes had to run donations center for the day - Taking donations/greeting & thanking as well as stocking donation room and carts.

Learned how to operate the cash register tills + improved social skills with the public

Management is fantastic. Incredibly nice people whom run the store efficiently.

Hardest part was constant bending up and down to clean the store of fallen items - repetitive movement can takes it toll on the spine

Most enjoyable part was working with the team, interacting with bright and happy customers and just overall the job itself is fairly enjoyable - as much as work can be.

A typical day includes starting off with a floor check and maintaining restrooms.Going on to cash and handleing all transcactions for exp.cash,credit,debt also handling coupons and discounted prices if there are any promotions for that sales day.Maintaing all departments clean and organized.Attending fitting room to help customers if no one is there to assist.Co-Workers are friendly and productive it is a team effort everytime I work.I enjoy assisting customers in a polite manner and always providing excellent customer service .Mangement is open and friendly and lets you voice your opinion and takes you into considration.

Customer Service and Sales Representative (Former Employee), Brampton, ON – February 21, 2015

Pros: long hours that were enjoyable

Cons: lunches that weren't given when needed

Just like any other day at work it has its up and down's, also you're real fast/busy and then there's the empty days with any of the ways were 100 percent enjoyable.best thing I learn from this job would have to be my communication skills, to have more encouragement, to earn customers Honesty, Faith, and Trust cause not having that then I wouldn't be working in the right place. My Co-Wokers and Management team was the best every Fun, Caring and Open Minded. The only thing that I would have to say was the hardest part of my job workingthere was for my to Smile and the easiest and enjoyable part is working with the best team of co-workers and meeting alot of new people

Employees cannot work hard enough to satisfy management.Manager has a hit list all the time , all though they are always telling supervisors to build the team. the company has great recycle programs ect. But the management is awful.

Working at Value Village was a good experience, for the most part. My co workers were easy to get along with a friendly. Management was also easy to get a long with but at times it seemed like they didn't listen to the employees. I enjoyed the work itself. Moving donations from the door to the sales floor was easy work for me and it kept me busy. The toughest part was trying to figure out a temporary solution to some problems while management was trying to work out a permanent solution.

Cons: sorting the goods could be difficult as it was donations and not a constant

On a typical work day we would price items to be stocked and sold to the customers. A quota of 40 carts a day were to be placed out for customers. Management was great at listening to customers and employee needs.Hardest part of the job would be the carts. They could be loaded with very heavy items and hard to push.The most enjoyable part of the job was getting to know the customers that were in very frequently, their needs and giving them what they were looking for

Cons: inflexible management, your schedule is given at the beginning of the week

It's OK for a first job.By the end of your first day, you'll want to cry coz your feet are way too sore.Management was good until they all quit and the company decided to be stricter.You can't really talk to the customers, coz the manager is staring at you. So you have to interact with customers while putting clothes back on the hangers. Which is quite rude to customers.

Backroom Team Member (Current Employee), Hamilton, ON – February 8, 2015

Pros: never boring

Cons: dirty work

Everyday there was something new to do. The job was never the same. Some days extremely stressful and busy, but others incredibly calm and slow. I worked in the back, behind the scenes. Organizing and cleaning all the backstock and loading/unloading the trucks. The hardest part was maintaining all your duties, there was alot for us to handle especially in busy times of the day. The was a big help and everyone boosted eachother up.

A typical day at work depended on what area you were in that day. For instance, fitting room attendants were in charge of keeping their area of the store clean, leaving no clothes in the fitting room, putting merchandise back on the floor. Cashiers were responsible for making announcements and cashing out customers. When it was slow we were to clean the front of the store. If you were doing general recovery (putting things where they belonged or hanging up clothes, general cleaning) it was their job to have the back portion of the store clean by the end of the night. I learned a lot about working quickly and dealing with customers properly. Management was very rude and disrespectful towards team members. My co-workers are the best part of the job, I really enjoy working with them. The hardest part of the job is constantly getting belittled by management and customers, and the most enjoyable part of my job is seeing customers children leave happy when they get a new toy or new clothes.